Departmental Postal Services

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on Royal Mail services in each of the last two years.

Ann McKechin: The Scotland Office spend using Royal Mail was £7,199 in 2007-08 and £13,476 in 2008-09. The Office was not required to top-up its franking machine in London during 2007-08, which significantly reduced the overall costs.
	The Scotland Office also incurred Royal Mail costs of £6,718,002 in relation to the posting of candidates' free mailing and the delivery of poll cards for the Scottish Parliament election in 2007-08. In 2008-09 the Scotland office incurred Royal Mail postage costs for two Westminster by-elections totalling £147,475.

Departmental Training

John Mason: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost was of each course.

Ann McKechin: The Scotland Office encourages all staff to undertake learning and development activities. The majority of opportunities are provided through the Scottish Government and the Ministry of Justice; but where the training need is still not available within central Government, external training courses may be considered.
	The Office does not maintain a central record of all training courses attended by staff. However, during the current financial year, the Office has incurred £12,164.94 in direct expenditure.

Departmental Travel

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on  (a) car hire,  (b) train travel,  (c) air travel,  (d) hotels and  (e) restaurant meals for (i) Ministers and (ii) staff in his Department in each of the last five years.

Ann McKechin: The tables show the Scotland Office spend on car hire, rail and air travel. The Office does not separately record the spend on hotels and restaurant meals.
	
		
			  Ministers 
			  £ 
			   Car hire( 1)  Rail  Air 
			 2004-05 8,042 374 2,822 
			 2005-06 16,559 1,223 5,509 
			 2006-07 5,797 1,745 5,270 
			 2007-08 14,237 1,358 7,518 
			 2008-09 18,439 1,381 23,313 
			 (1) This does not include the Government Car Service London costs for which I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement issued on 16 July 2009,  Official Report, column 79WS. 
		
	
	
		
			  Staff 
			  £ 
			   Car hire  Rail  Air 
			 2004-05 2,896 25,632 74,331 
			 2005-06 4,051 32,244 73,431 
			 2006-07 4,644 37,150 70,263 
			 2007-08 3,549 31,100 56,946 
			 2008-09 637 22,045 87,323

2009 Edition of Public Bodies

Greg Clark: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when she expects to publish the 2009 edition of Public Bodies.

Tessa Jowell: We expect to publish "Public Bodies 2009" early in the new year. Copies will be placed in the Libraries of the House and made available online.

Government Communication Network

Mark Hoban: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office 
	(1)  what the budget for  (a) the Government Communication Network and  (b) the Government Communication Group is for (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11 and (iv) 2011-12;
	(2)  what the cost to the public purse of  (a) the Government Communication Network and  (b) the Government Communication Group was in each year for which figures are available.

Tessa Jowell: The budget for Government Communication Group for 2008-09 was £2.1 million, and is £2.1 million for 2009-10. The Cabinet Office has not yet finalised unit budgets for future financial years beyond this spending review period.
	The group's remit includes improving professional capability of government communication, cross-departmental co-ordination and the customer service standard. The Government Communications Network is the mainly online community to share best practice and learning to communication staff across government. Its administrative support is provided through the Government Communication Group and its costs are not separately identified but included in the total figure.
	Expenditure for the Government Communication Group was as follows:
	
		
			   Expenditure (£) 
			 2005-06 2,335,000 
			 2006-07 2,407,000 
			 2007-08 2,114,000 
			 2008-09 1,813,000

Social Fund: Glasgow

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 20 July 2009,  Official Report, column 110WS, on the Discretionary Social Fund, for what reasons the changes to the Discretionary Social Fund were extended to Glasgow; and when she expects such an extension to end.

Helen Goodman: This change requires customers to be interviewed when they make a third or subsequent application for a crisis loan to cover living expenses (not including loans to cover the period before the customer receives their first payment of benefit or wages) in a rolling 12 month period.
	This policy was extended to Glasgow in order to test the impact of this change in a large city environment; and to provide a comparison for Jobcentre Plus of the impact of interviewing a client on a third and subsequent crisis loan application in isolation from the combined measure being tested elsewhere. The testing in the two other areas—the East Midlands and South West Regions—included limiting the number of some crisis loan awards for living expenses to no more than three in 12 months.
	We plan to rollout the changes nationally from the end of October 2009.

Hospitals: Parking

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how much he expects his proposals to provide free parking for hospital in-patients to cost in each financial year; from which budgets he expects the money to be taken; and whether he expects the budgets of any other programmes to be reduced consequent on the implementation of those proposals;
	(2)  what estimate he has made of the percentage of income from hospital parking charges accounted for by charges paid by  (a) outpatients and  (b) staff; and whether these groups will have access to free parking at hospital sites under his policy for free parking for hospital in-patients.

Mike O'Brien: Over the next three years, as it can be afforded, car parking charges for in-patients will be phased out. Out-patients will benefit from improved Concession guidance that will be launched next year. Staff car parking is decided locally by national health service organisations and is not changed by the policy of phasing out of car parking charges for inpatients.
	The cost per annum for phasing out car parking for in-patients and their visitors has been estimated at £141 million. Funding of these costs will be provided by reducing back office costs without affecting clinically related budgets.
	The information requested on the assessment of parking charges is not available in the format requested. Data provided by the NHS in 2007-08 indicated that £27.9 million was received from staff car parking and £83.6 million from inpatients, outpatients and visitors. Parking charges relating specifically to outpatients was not collected separately. This information is as provided by the NHS and has not been amended separately. It was collected on a voluntary basis and therefore is not likely to be complete.

NHS: Renewable Energy

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS buildings use heat generated by  (a) solar panels and  (b) ground source heat pumps.

Mike O'Brien: The Department does not collect data centrally on the number of national health services buildings in England that use heat generated by solar panels and ground source heat pumps.
	NHS organisations are legally autonomous and are best placed to make their own decisions locally about specific items of equipment, such as solar panels and ground source heat pumps, to ensure they are appropriate to meet their needs, circumstances and strategies.
	The Department is committed to supporting the NHS to meet the requirements of the Climate Change Act 2008, such as carbon budgets and the forthcoming carbon reduction commitment. It is recognised that this will only be achieved by greater take-up by the NHS of renewable energy sources and better, more holistic energy efficiency measures. Provision by the Department of a £100 million energy and sustainability capital fund, encouraged the take-up of renewable energy forms of heat and power such as biomass boilers, solar panels and heat pumps.
	The Department is actively supporting the NHS Sustainable Development Unit (NHS SDU), which has produced the NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy. In addition, the Department, in partnership with the Carbon Trust, is working with individual NHS organisations to identify appropriate investment strategies. The Carbon Trust along with the NHS SDU is also raising management awareness and providing implementation advice to NHS organisations.
	The Department provides guidance to assist the NHS and their partners in meeting the criteria in the document Health Technical Memorandum 07-02 "Encode—making energy work in healthcare", a copy of which has been placed in the Library. This guidance provides general energy efficiency standards within healthcare facilities and covers new build and refurbishment projects as well as the energy management of existing facilities.

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenditure his Department has incurred on the NHS business authority administering pre-paid prescription certificates in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the income forgone in exemptions to prescription charges in the same period.

Mike O'Brien: The administering of pre-payment prescription certificates (PPCs), medical exemption certificates and maternity exemption certificates is a single process. It is not possible to provide a cost for administering PPCs.
	The total costs for England, including overheads, for the 12-month period August 2008 to July 2009 for administering PPCs, medical exemption certificates and maternity exemption certificates for residents of England was £4.418 million.
	The estimate of income forgone in England from exemptions to prescription charges in the most recent 12 months for which data are available (August 2008 to July 2009) is £5.6 billion. The estimate assumes no deterrent effect, and no substitution of charged prescriptions with Over the Counter Medicines. This is likely to mean that this is an over-estimate.

Quality and Outcomes Framework

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanism exists for stakeholders to  (a) contribute ideas for the expansion of or an amendment to Quality and Outcomes Framework indicators and  (b) suggest new areas for pilot indicator development.

Mike O'Brien: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence opened an online suggestions facility on 15 September to enable any stakeholder to propose new a topic—or changes to an existing topic—for Quality and Outcomes Framework. The cut-off date for the current round of submissions was 13 October. After this date, there will be a further opportunity to suggest topics in spring 2010.

Slaughterhouses

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average change in veterinary charges in abattoirs has been in each year since 2006-07.

Gillian Merron: The Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) is responsible for official controls in all approved fresh meat establishments in Great Britain to verify that Food Business Operators comply with hygiene and other legislation including animal welfare.
	Total charges to abattoir operators (excluding cutting plants) for official controls carried out by the MHS were:
	
		
			   £ million 
			 2006-07 21.1 
			 2007-08 23.1 
			 2008-09 24.5

Churches: Finance

Graham Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that grant-making bodies for which his Department has responsibility give preference to those places of worship which donated their bells as a contribution to munitions in the Second World War in awarding grants for the replacement of church bells.

Margaret Hodge: There are no plans to influence grant-giving policy in the way that is suggested. However, the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme makes grants equivalent to the VAT incurred in making repairs to places of worship that are listed buildings. Eligible works include repairs to bells, their ringing mechanisms and bell frames. Replacement of bells would only be considered under the scheme where they are damaged beyond economic repair. Another source of funding is the Heritage Lottery Fund that has awarded a total of £12,148,814 to 237 projects that have involved the repair, conservation and restoration of church bells and bell-frames throughout the UK.

Departmental Dismissal

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff have  (a) been dismissed and  (b) had their contract terminated by his Department in each of the last five years; what the reason for such action was in each case; and what the severance costs in relation to (i) dismissal and (ii) contract termination were in each such year.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The information is as follows:
	
		
			   Number of dismissals  Number of termination of contracts  Estimated severance cost( 1 ) (£) 
			 2004-05 2 0 7,738.98 
			 2005-06 0 0 — 
			 2006-07 2 0 50,385.59 
			 2007-08 0 0 — 
			 2008-09 0 0 — 
			 (1 )The exact severance costs are held in Departmental offsite archives. Recalling this information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.  Note: The information is obtained from the Department's central electronic database. Due to the lower number of dismissals, it is inappropriate for detailed reasons to be provided. The Data Protection Act 1998 requires these data to be treated on confidence.

Departmental Information and Communications Technology

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what IT systems have been in development for use within his Department in the last five years; what the reason for the development of each system was; how much has been spent on the development of each system; and which systems have been subsequently  (a) implemented,  (b) terminated prior to implementation and  (c) terminated following implementation.

Gerry Sutcliffe: My Department has developed the following IT systems:
	
		
			  System  Purpose  Cost (£) 
			 Livelink Electronic document and records management 2,469,198 
			 FoI/CMS The management of Freedom of Information cases and general correspondence 467,654 
			 User Account Request Provide electronic requests for IS services with approval workflows 24,196 
			 Enterprise Search Provide an integrated search across all DCMS internal data. 72,396 
			 Nakisa Staff Directory 50,330 
			 Secure Sharepoint To provide a method of collaborating securely with third parties such as NDPBs and delivery partners up to restricted level. 533,851 
			 CIBU Wiki Information sharing for briefing and correspondence 212,485 
		
	
	All have been implemented except Secure Sharepoint which is in the final stages of development. None have been terminated.
	This answer does not include systems that are procured as a service such as the accounting and HR services.

Departmental Manpower

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the average length of employment of staff of his Department at each Civil Service payband.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The table shows the average length of employment of DCMS staff at each civil service payband—time in grade at DCMS only, excluding previous departmental experience.
	
		
			  Grade  Average length of employment/years 
			  DCMS  Civil service  
			 A Grade7 7 
			 A(U) Grade 6 7.5 
			 B HEO/SEO/HEOD 6.5 
			 C EO 7 
			 D AA/AO 8 
			 SCSI SCSI 7.5 
			 SCS2 SCS2 4.5 
			 SCS3 SCS3 9 
			 Grand total  7

Departmental Motor Vehicles

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on hire vehicles in each of the last five financial years.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Department has spent the following amounts on hire vehicles in each of the last four years:
	
		
			   £ 
			 2005-06 13,947.79 
			 2006-07 16,094.75 
			 2007-08 17,054.99 
			 2008-09 10,823.38 
		
	
	Unfortunately we are unable to provide data for 2004-05 as this information is not held on our financial system.

Departmental Pay

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what employee reward schemes are offered to staff of his Department; what the purpose of each scheme is; how many staff participate in each scheme; and what the cost of operating each scheme was in each of the last five years.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport offers two such schemes:  (a) special bonuses to reward outstanding contributions in particularly demanding tasks or situations, and  (b) consistent with the general civil service principles of performance-related pay, to reward highly successful performance over a whole year. All permanent employees of the Department are eligible to receive either, subject to meeting the performance criteria. The costs of running this scheme for the past five years are set out as follows:
	
		
			  Special bonuses 
			   Total cost (£) 
			 2009-10 (1)21,800 
			 2008-09 60,855 
			 2007-08 87,000 
			 2006-07 69,565 
			 2005-06 57,141 
			 (1) Year to date 
		
	
	
		
			  Performance bonuses 
			   Total cost (£) 
			 2009-10 452,889 
			 2008-09 373,064 
			 2007-08 477,100 
			 2006-07 413,160 
			 2005-06 293,241

Departmental Recycling

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of his Department's waste was recycled in the latest period for which figures are available.

Gerry Sutcliffe: 48.2 per cent. of the Department's waste was recycled in the 2007-08 financial year.

Departmental Sick Leave

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many sick days were taken by staff of his Department in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse of such absences was in each such year.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The information is as follows.
	The total cost of absence is based on the calculation made by the Department's payroll provider and it does not include the expense of covering absence with temporary staff or overtime.
	
		
			   Total number of working days lost  Cost of absence (£) 
			 2004-05 1,577 206,542 
			 2005-06 1,556 248,762 
			 2006-07 1,449 242,210 
			 2007-08 1,315 238,693 
			 2008-09 1,679 298,862 
			 Total 7,576 1,235,069

Departmental Training

John Mason: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost was of each course.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The number of external training courses attended by staff totals 180. The total cost of external training over the last 12 months was £216,274.91. The cost for each session is set out in the following table.
	
		
			   Cost (£) 
			  2008  
			 July (Courses = 13) 331.67 
			  200 
			  850 
			  428 
			  2,600 
			  331.67 
			  331.67 
			  1,350 
			  2,300 
			  2,250 
			  345 
			  895 
			  310 
			   
			 August (Courses = 9) 300 
			  899 
			  1,500 
			  1,470 
			  1,100 
			  160 
			  2,250 
			  480 
			  480 
			   
			 September (Courses = 15) 2,100 
			  1,470 
			  1,470 
			  2,200 
			  4,500 
			  315 
			  1,750 
			  2,000 
			  230 
			  1,360 
			  2,000 
			  850 
			  300 
			  283 
			  275 
			   
			 October (Courses = 22) 761.7 
			  480 
			  495 
			  76.5 
			  795 
			  499 
			  1,220 
			  365 
			  905 
			  1,350 
			  365 
			  783.75 
			  488.55 
			  1,500 
			  1,755 
			  1,150 
			  1,940 
			  550 
			  1,940 
			  480 
			  1,395 
			  1,259.1 
			   
			 November (Courses = 23) 765 
			  1,775 
			  2,500 
			  1,365 
			  430 
			  315 
			  85 
			  1,100 
			  1,250 
			  1,360 
			  775 
			  1,799 
			  2,300 
			  108 
			  400.5 
			  227 
			  801 
			  245 
			  480 
			  480 
			  480 
			  480 
			  300 
			   
			 December (Courses = 16) 760 
			  315 
			  1,500 
			  630 
			  1,100 
			  2,500 
			  1,550 
			  1,360 
			  940 
			  10,000 
			  2,250 
			  2,500 
			  1,550 
			  395 
			  340 
			  650 
			   
			  2009  
			 January (Courses = 12) 1,000 
			  170 
			  300 
			  480 
			  845 
			  1,100 
			  1,210 
			  315 
			  1,590 
			  395 
			  3,000 
			  3,000 
			   
			   
			 February (Courses = 16) 6,500 
			  872.1 
			  872.1 
			  967 
			  967 
			  1,365 
			  315 
			  2,250 
			  890 
			  1,585 
			  1,440 
			  1,695 
			  700 
			  395 
			  395 
			  395 
			   
			 March (Courses = 20) 480 
			  1,490 
			  1,600 
			  235 
			  935 
			  755 
			  1,760 
			  1,365 
			  1,470 
			  2,500 
			  1,799 
			  430 
			  430 
			  480 
			  480 
			  480 
			  4,250 
			  100 
			  494.1 
			  967 
			   
			 April (Courses = 10) 140 
			  140 
			  700 
			  1,470 
			  1,460 
			  630 
			  480 
			  1,500 
			  480 
			  480 
			   
			 May (Courses = 14) 999 
			  140 
			  2,500 
			  3,660 
			  665 
			  1,600 
			  630 
			  990 
			  2,275 
			  1,620 
			  1,550 
			  1,500 
			  1,290 
			  805 
			   
			 June (Courses = 10) 430 
			  1,350 
			  920 
			  2,500 
			  10,500 
			  1,111.5 
			  1,998 
			  230 
			  855 
			  189

Digital Broadcasting

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of licence fee receipts has been used to facilitate digital switchover; what proportion of the digital switchover help scheme budget remains unspent; and if his Department will make an assessment of the merits of using money from that scheme to upgrade relay transmitters.

Ben Bradshaw: £803 million was set aside in the 2007-13 TV licence fee settlement to facilitate digital switchover. We expect there to be an under-spend on the £603 million provided for the Digital Switchover Help Scheme but it is too early to estimate the level of under-spend with any precision. However, as set out in the Digital Britain White Paper, a number of ways the under-spend might be redeployed have been identified. These include contributing to the roll-out of universal broadband; the maintenance of plurality of news in the nations, locally and in the regions; and the roll out of Digital Audio Broadcasting. There are no plans to use the under-spend to increase the coverage of the three commercial digital terrestrial television multiplexes.
	There is a licence requirement that the three Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) digital multiplexes, which carry the public service broadcasting channels, should reach 98.5 per cent. of UK households after Digital Switchover. Since the national re-tune, ITV3 and ITV4, which are not PSB channels, have been carried on commercial multiplexes where the licence post-Switchover requirement is that 90 per cent. of household coverage is achieved. Any decision to build out beyond 90 per cent. coverage would be a commercial decision for the multiplex operators.

Sports: Cambridgeshire

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department allocated to sport-related groups in North West Cambridgeshire in each of the last 10 years.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Sport England have advised that they are unable to detail Exchequer funding for sport-related groups in North West Cambridgeshire as these type of data are not collated on a constituency basis.
	The Department for Culture, Media and Sport allocated Sport England over £480 million of Exchequer funding in the last five years, to invest in community sport both through national governing bodies and more specific local initiatives.
	In addition, in 2009-10, the Department has allocated Sport England £135.7 million of Exchequer funding. Sport England has targets to get one million people doing more sport by 2012-13, and to make a major contribution to the delivery of the five hour sports offer for children and young people. North West Cambridgeshire will benefit, alongside every area of England, from Exchequer and lottery investment by Sport England in 2009-10 in support of these targets.
	Although non-departmental funding, Sport England have advised that the following initiatives have received lottery funding to support participation in sport in North West Cambridgeshire in each of the last financial years.
	Projects relating to 'Living Sport' are delivered through the County Sports Partnership, and as a result this funding will have been spent across all of Cambridgeshire.
	
		
			  Award date  Parliamentary constituency  Recipient  Project description  Total award (£) 
			 20 October 1999 Cambridgeshire North West Peterborough Area Canoeists and Kayakers Club Award will enable members to go on essential coaching and safety courses they will then use the skills and qualifications acquired to provide training in canoeing to other clubs and non sporting organisations. 4,875 
			  
			 15 February 1999 Cambridgeshire North West Castor and Ailsworth Tennis Club Land purchase and construction of new court and clubhouse 44,570 
			  
			 19 October 2000 Cambridgeshire North West Yaxley Wanderers Participation is paramount to this group and grant will enable children of all abilities to enjoy league football particularly those denied opportunities elsewhere in the locality. 811 
			  
			 29 August 2000 Cambridgeshire North West Peterborough Area Combined Triathlon Club This project aims to raise the profile of the group and the sport of triathlon to help establish develop membership and skill levels at the club. 4,999 
			  
			 29 August 2000 Cambridgeshire North West East Midlands Rugby Union Referees Society This group provides training and development for referees in Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. The award is for a laptop pc and 10 copies of MS office. 1,580 
			  
			 14 June 2000 Cambridgeshire North West Corby Rugby Football Club This rugby club would like equipment to provide and promote a mini and junior team. The award is for a rucking sled, 20 junior rugby balls, 4 tackle bags, 3 body suits, 3 contact pads, a storage container and a training cd. 4,022 
			  
			 17 September 2001 Cambridgeshire North West Upwood Cricket Club Club uses award to develop and encourage children and young people to participate in village cricket and coaching with the provision of an artificial cricket wicket. 2,000 
			  
			 8 June 2001 Cambridgeshire North West Shia Sports The award provides a festival of sport on 21/22 July inc. swimming, netball, football and badminton for women and girls from local ethnic communities. 2,772 
			  
			 28 March 2001 Cambridgeshire North West Orton Longueville School The award will enable this school to provide a lunch-time and after school club to introduce rowing to young people and to open up rowing to all sections of the community. 3,878 
			  
			 20 March 2002 Cambridgeshire North West Stanground College To provide opportunities for young people to be introduced to rowing both in lunchtimes and after school to develop physical fitness and new skills. 4,289 
			  
			 20 March 2002 Cambridgeshire North West St Ivo Racquets Club To further increase capacity with additional coaching and practice facilities and to develop squash and tennis opportunities in the area with club/school links and other initiatives. 4,845 
			  
			 20 March 2002 Cambridgeshire North West Stanground St. John's Primary School An after-school athletics club to promote good practice and develop physical education activities in association with the secondary school. 521 
			  
			 20 March 2002 Cambridgeshire North West Ormiston Children and Families Trust Extending sporting opportunities to more children and families in the community with the provision of start-up costs and equipment for a new sports club. 4,346 
			  
			 20 March 2002 Cambridgeshire North West Peterborough Athletic Club To extend athletics opportunities 4,700 
			  
			 10 April 2002 Cambridgeshire North West Sawtry Ladies Hockey Club To encourage new members to this small rural hockey club by distributing leaflets to all homes in the area and the local secondary schools and providing essential training and kit. 1,028 
			 30 October 2006 Cambridgeshire North West Living Sport Community Sports Coach Scheme 17,998 
			  
			 30 October 2006 Cambridgeshire North West Living Sport Living Sport Year 1 delivery Plan 149,250 
			  
			 16 August 2006 Cambridgeshire North West Living Sport County Sports Partnership Business Plan 382,832 
			  
			 30 April 2007 Cambridgeshire North West Living Sport Workforce Development Plan 07 160,275 
			  
			 7 May 2008 Cambridgeshire North West Living Sport Workforce Development 2008-09 160,735 
			  
			 17 June 2008 Cambridgeshire North West Living Sport County Sports Partnership Annual Development Plan -2008-09 140,000 
			  
			 12 December 2008 Cambridgeshire North West Living Sport Community Sports Coaching Scheme 18,323 
			 Total1,685,001

Agriculture

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the proportion of registered holdings which are farmed by people other than the owner or tenant under  (a) contract farming,  (b) share farming and  (c) other similar arrangements; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures (i) five and (ii) 10 years ago.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Recent research (published in 2007) into joint venture farming, including contract farming and share farming(1), indicates that a small minority (3 to 5 per cent.) of farmers in England are involved in a joint venture farming activity—although more informal arrangements are probably more common. The research suggests that share farming is carried out by 1 to 2 per cent. and contract farming by 3 to 4 per cent. of farms in England.
	This research was based on the Farm Business Survey sample in England between 2002 and 2004. The farms represented in the survey account for 95 per cent. of national economic output from farming. No data are available for other similar arrangements, nor for earlier years.
	(1) https://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/reports/jvf/ JVF_Research_Project-Final_Report.pdf

Agriculture: Manpower

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people in each county were employed in agriculture in each of the last 10 years.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The number of employees working on agricultural and horticultural holdings in each county in England for 1999 to 2008 can be found in the table. Employees are defined as salaried managers, full-time, part-time and casual workers working on the holding on 1 June each year.
	
		
			   1999( 1)  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees 186 154 167 167 146 144 122 119 126 133 
			 South Teesside 201 179 183 183 187 198 204 180 197 210 
			 Darlington 165 132 131 131 (2)— 120 121 110 102 107 
			 Durham CC 1,211 1,060 978 978 888 923 869 845 831 901 
			 Northumberland 2,560 2,184 2,211 2,211 2,056 1,847 1,879 1,775 1,712 1,744 
			 Tyneside 195 209 194 194 176 185 154 145 138 150 
			 Sunderland 66 80 87 87 (2)— 90 91 83 43 43 
			 West Cumbria 1,239 1,109 1,077 1,077 944 1,018 1,079 1,052 1,046 1,100 
			 East Cumbria 2,808 2,395 2,090 2,090 1,956 2,035 2,075 2,004 2,059 2,116 
			 Halton and Warrington 253 280 288 288 281 303 341 199 197 214 
			 Cheshire CC 3,936 3,455 3,142 3,142 2,888 3,002 3,039 2,786 2,853 2,959 
			 Greater Manchester South 463 424 436 (2)— 394 382 305 317 312 315 
			 Greater Manchester North 566 416 442 442 367 400 387 410 357 360 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 84 65 66 66 (2)— 63 60 51 60 71 
			 Blackpool 140 27 31 31 (2)— (2)— 19 13 13 (2)— 
			 Lancashire CC 5,791 5,456 4,830 4,830 4,290 4,455 4,427 4,442 4,407 4,382 
			 East Merseyside 335 183 211 211 204 230 194 274 248 301 
			 Liverpool 70 74 84 (2)— 74 81 (2)— 81 80 78 
			 Sefton 177 138 146 146 139 149 154 181 176 175 
			 Wirral 134 107 113 113 (2)— 123 (2)— 92 94 100 
			 Kingston upon Hull, City of (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— 9 (2)— 12 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 4,659 3,926 3,709 3,709 (2)— 3,610 3,446 3,359 2,991 3,022 
			 North and North East Lincolnshire 1,128 1,040 950 950 895 982 926 791 773 794 
			 York 272 283 255 255 (2)— 220 (2)— 215 194 224 
			 North Yorkshire CC 7,616 6,415 6,173 6,173 5,733 6,071 5,893 5,692 5,861 6,076 
			 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham 1,092 904 871 871 785 801 759 766 703 768 
			 Sheffield 186 171 167 167 139 155 165 154 167 187 
			 Bradford 302 243 258 258 216 221 228 225 229 245 
			 Leeds 644 637 631 631 540 596 539 521 562 559 
			 Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield 1,046 881 821 821 726 782 752 800 722 783 
			 Derby 31 20 20 20 19 19 22 27 20 10 
			 East Derbyshire 530 431 410 410 351 369 350 346 371 422 
			 South and West Derbyshire 2,135 1,794 1,464 1,464 1,350 1,441 1,452 1,399 1,434 1,523 
			 Nottingham (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— 
			 North Nottinghamshire 1,825 1,587 1,609 1,609 1,584 1,685 1,763 1,501 1,455 1,558 
			 South Nottinghamshire 846 759 835 (2)— 773 828 811 751 622 652 
			 Leicester (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— 34 29 12 (2)— (2)— 
			 Leicestershire CC and Rutland 2,716 2,513 2,279 2,279 2,238 2,290 2,316 2,256 2,285 2,349 
			 Northamptonshire 1,883 1,717 1,594 1,594 1,447 1,514 1,446 1,529 1,635 1,658 
			 Lincolnshire 11,108 10,079 9,163 9,163 8,755 8,749 8,844 8,288 7,886 7,933 
			 Herefordshire, County of 3,990 3,783 3,578 3,578 (2)— 3,807 (2)— 5,279 5,902 5,896 
			 Worcestershire 4,171 3,700 3,198 3,198 3,074 3,405 3,169 3,058 2,945 3,116 
			 Warwickshire 2,899 2,741 3,041 3,041 2,881 3,126 2,962 2,679 2,247 2,304 
			 Telford and Wrekin 459 396 342 342 320 328 314 293 284 304 
			 Shropshire CC 3,881 3,480 3,218 3,218 3,024 3,174 3,412 3,368 3,092 3,233 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 14 12 20 20 (2)— 18 (2)— 14 11 12 
			 Staffordshire CC 3,943 3,414 3,277 3,277 2,654 2,767 3,015 2,938 3,096 3,324 
			 Birmingham 32 19 19 19 24 36 91 46 39 51 
			 Solihull 205 148 137 137 (2)— 130 (2)— 111 115 117 
			 Coventry 62 57 43 43 (2)— 42 (2)— 36 43 49 
			 Dudley and Sandwell 45 48 58 58 54 57 64 44 35 44 
			 Walsall and Wolverhampton 85 85 65 65 61 67 66 55 62 64 
			 Peterborough 349 261 274 274 258 266 266 258 245 247 
			 Cambridgeshire CC 4,832 4,344 4,329 4,329 3,833 4,335 4,583 4,540 4,301 4,676 
			 Norfolk 9,781 8,560 8,325 8,325 7,776 8,111 7,393 6,539 7,000 7,441 
			 Suffolk 6,532 5,715 5,157 5,157 4,712 4,982 4,986 4,715 4,449 4,416 
			 Luton (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— 
			 Bedfordshire CC 1,380 1,203 1,339 1,339 930 1,002 1,015 835 860 898 
			 Hertfordshire 1,761 1,564 1,638 1,638 1,343 1,391 1,286 1,237 1,314 1,265 
			 Southend-on-Sea (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— 0 0 0 (2)— 0 0 
			 Thurrock 129 106 116 116 (2)— 93 (2)— 86 79 112 
			 Essex CC 6,065 5,248 5,104 5,104 4,705 4,740 4,708 4,633 4,519 4,887 
			 Inner London—West 0 0 (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— 
			 Inner London—East (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— 61 (2)— 51 50 57 
			 Outer London—East and North East 315 297 281 281 246 290 294 266 274 235 
			 Outer London—South 347 339 345 345 275 203 206 212 212 195 
			 Outer London—West and North West 154 134 120 120 114 118 109 97 98 101 
			 Berkshire 1,148 945 1,125 1,125 1,146 1,267 1,338 1,294 1,592 1,642 
			 Milton Keynes 188 155 160 160 (2)— 158 145 155 134 136 
			 Buckinghamshire CC 1,727 1,424 1,279 1,279 1,146 1,267 1,301 1,155 1,210 1,267 
			 Oxfordshire 2,666 2,172 2,125 2,125 1,903 2,041 2,003 1,934 1,924 1,958 
			 Brighton and Hove 82 72 65 (2)— 60 62 (2)— 44 38 41 
			 East Sussex CC 2,291 1,798 1,843 1,843 1,714 1,766 1,747 1,683 1,630 1,769 
			 Surrey 2,998 2,555 2,414 2,414 2,109 2,317 2,286 2,318 2,212 2,053 
			 West Sussex 5,394 4,633 4,660 4,660 4,351 4,488 4,622 4,494 4,422 4,075 
			 Portsmouth (2)— 0 (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— 0 0 0 
			 Southampton (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— 
			 Hampshire CC 5,572 4,471 4,488 4,488 4,343 4,677 4,461 4,196 4,233 4,310 
			 Isle of Wight 865 812 627 (2)— 916 897 870 824 345 1,070 
			 Medway 410 319 356 356 334 311 (2)— 527 463 615 
			 Kent CC 11,492 9,675 10,103 10,103 9,204 10,215 9,814 10,553 9,456 10,350 
			 Bristol, City of 31 54 76 76 50 56 53 30 35 62 
			 North and N E Somerset, South Glos 2,203 1,932 1,364 1,364 1,221 1,263 1,258 1,199 1,147 1,150 
			 Gloucestershire 3,416 2,919 2,918 2,918 2,704 2,891 2,832 2,833 2,594 2,598 
			 Swindon 176 160 149 149 (2)— 120 (2)— 118 121 116 
			 Wiltshire CC 3,244 2,853 2,675 2,675 2,413 2,520 2,556 2,441 2,467 2,623 
			 Bournemouth and Poole 53 40 34 34 30 35 35 19 18 14 
			 Dorset CC 3,508 3,023 2,808 2,808 2,815 3,080 3,082 2,825 2,717 2,822 
			 Somerset 5,277 4,690 4,343 4,343 3,886 4,216 4,235 4,047 3,849 4,013 
			 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 5,204 5,004 4,323 4,323 4,010 4,350 3,924 3,827 3,724 4,534 
			 Plymouth 100 (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— (2)— 12 (2)— (2)— 
			 Torbay 27 25 16 16 (2)— 12 17 27 20 31 
			 Devon CC 7,451 6,355 6,353 6,353 5,884 6,302 6,179 5,452 5,417 6,011 
			 England 175,656 153,357 146,585 146,585 135,293 143,059 141,868 137,252 134,057 140,605 
			 (1) Data prior to 2000 refers to main holdings only. From 2000 onwards all holdings are included. (2) Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings.  Note: Employees are salaried managers, full-time, part-time and casual workers, (paid and unpaid).  Source: June Agricultural Survey

Departmental Electronic Equipment

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2008,  Official Report, column 38W, on departmental electronic equipment, how much  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies have spent on (i) flat screen televisions, (ii) DVD players and (iii) stereo equipment since December 2008.

Dan Norris: The core-Department's financial system records expenditure of £18,024 on flat screen televisions since December 2008. No expenditure is recorded for DVD players and stereo equipment. Expenditure on electronic equipment by DEFRA's agencies is not recorded centrally outside of the core-Department's financial system and the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Energy

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to promote energy efficiency in its operations.

Dan Norris: We are taking the following steps to maximise our energy efficiency:
	Interactive building management systems (BMS) linked to visual displays, informing staff of energy efficiency within the building and other sustainability indicators, e.g. CO2 emissions, water use, waste and recycling.
	Adoption of the Carbon Trust Standard and Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme (EEAS)—both of these measure actual performance in terms of CO2 output.
	Sustainability Champions have been appointed as part of the new Sustainable Workplace Management contract. They will work within each site to monitor energy use, identify and implement efficiency measures and report progress towards site energy targets on a quarterly basis.
	This is supported by an ongoing programme of installation of energy efficient technologies. Initiatives which have already been implemented include: voltage regulation technologies, energy efficiency lighting, insulation and draught proofing, biomass, combined heat and power plants and automatic metering (AMR) of utilities. Thermal imaging surveys have also been undertaken at a number of sites, the survey results will form a programme of works to improve the thermal efficiency of the buildings.

Departmental ICT

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what IT systems have been in development for use within his Department in the last five years; what the reason for the development of each system was; how much has been spent on the development of each system; and which systems have been subsequently  (a) implemented,  (b) terminated prior to implementation and  (c) terminated following implementation.

Dan Norris: Data on costs of IT systems could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Instead data has been provided for the entire project where IT system development costs are a significant proportion.
	The projects listed are information technology projects in DEFRA that were estimated to cost more than £1 million over the life of the project. Costs listed exclude the day-to-day running costs after the completion of the project. The figures quoted are either the actual cost for completed projects or the latest forecast estimates as at April 2009 for those that are not yet completed. The estimated costs to completion are subject to change and the Department carries out regular reviews of the projects and their associated business cases at key strategic points.
	Projects costing less than £1 million, those being carried out within Executive agencies, projects transferred to the Department for Energy and Climate Change and projects initiated after November 2008 have all been excluded as such data is not held centrally. Collection would incur a disproportionate cost to the Department.
	No projects have been terminated following implementation.
	
		
			  Project  Reason for development  Actual/expected completion date  Status  Actual/estimated costs (£) 
			 Catalyst To provide Electronic Data and Records Management system for DEFRA — Project closed in November 2005. Pilot phase demonstrating that predicted productivity benefits would not be fully realised and costs would be higher than expected and would outweigh the quantified benefits. Further cost to taxpayer avoided estimated at £19 million. 12,600,000 
			 Customer and Land Database (CLAD) To enable a limited set of Rural Payments Agency (RPA) customer and land data sets to be shared securely within the DEFRA delivery body Network March 2010 Ongoing 1,730,000 
			 Customer Information Programme To enable DEFRA to hold improved customer information — Project closed during development phase in June 2007 due to reprioritisation of budget. Project deliverables (valued at £247,000 were reused in CLAD development) 9,920,663 
			 e-Domero Development of an online application for management of plant health-related processes. It is used by plant health and seeds inspectors to record licensed inspections of plants coming into and out of the UK April 2007 Completed 1,000,600 
			 Enabling Technology Programme 2009-10 Annual investment programme in high priority infrastructure and application architecture developments driven by DEFRA Network's business needs March 2010 Ongoing 3,100,000 
			 National Equine Database Joint industry/public sector development of a database to hold data on 'horse passports' for the purpose of monitoring passport compliance and for disease control surveillance December 2006 Completed 1,570,000 
			 Noise Mapping IT system developed to meet requirements of Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006 to enable the production of Noise Maps to help production of plans to manage noise issues and effects May 2007 Completed 4,300,000 
			 RADAR (Rapid Analysis and Detection of Animal-related Risks) Development of a data warehouse bringing together information about livestock populations and diseases from many different Government data sources allowing for analysis to be performed in event of a disease outbreak March 2009 Completed 12,228,000 
			 UK Location Programme DEFRA leads the cross-Government UK Location Programme, a joint programme to implement the INSPIRE EU Directive and the UK Location Strategy December 2012 Ongoing 12,800,000 
			 Phoenix IT Project To handle licences for protected species covered by international conventions — Project closed in June 2006 due to reprioritisation of budgets. Further cost to taxpayer avoided estimated at £2.5 million 3,998,807 
			 Renew IT Providing a modern and efficient IT working environment based on refreshed IT services March 2009 Completed 9,000,000 
			 Spatial Information Repository (SPIRE) Supports policy making and operational delivery by providing access to up-to-date geographic information March 2010 Ongoing 14,950,000 
			 Waste Data Strategy Development of a data warehouse that takes data from Environment Agency and DEFRA systems to allow for production of summary and ad-hoc reports/analysis to produce a sound evidence base for improved waste management policy development June 2007 Completed 2,500,000 
			 Web Rationalisation To support the Transformational Government Web Rationalisation Programme March 2011 Ongoing 1,440,000 
			 Whole Farm Approach Current work is centred on providing online access to key transactional systems from various DEFRA agencies via the Whole Farm Approach including single farm payment, environmental stewardship and cattle tracing March 2011 Ongoing 74,000,000

Meat: Imports

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the  (a) volume and  (b) monetary value of each meat product imported from (i) Argentina, (ii) Botswana, (iii) Brazil, (iv) China, (v) Democratic Republic of Congo, (vi) Ecuador, (vii) Egypt, (viii) Israel, (ix) the Palestinian Autonomous Territories, (x) Russia, (xi) South Africa, (xii) Turkey and (xiii) Vietnam was in each of the last five years.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The following table provides details of imports of meat and meat products from the specified countries, as recorded in the Official Overseas Trade Statistics, for the period 2004-08.
	
		
			  UK imports of meat and meat products from selected countries for 2004 to 2008 
			 2004  2005  2006 
			  Country  Type  Cut  £000  Tonnes  £000  Tonnes  £000  Tonnes 
			 Argentina Beef Boneless 24,188 8,641 28,413 9,226 20,299 5,128 
			   Edible offal 165 169 376 265 98 57 
			   Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef 11,259 8,931 10,164 7,309 8,212 4,906 
			   Other cuts with bone in (1)— (1)— 16 11 (1)— (1)— 
			  Chicken Bone in 67 66 (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Boneless 1,306 1,015 1,782 1,276 1,322 997 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 24 14 (1)— (1)— 71 50 
			   Whole 148 249 350 485 148 228 
			  Goat Carcases and half carcases (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Lamb Boneless 297 180 1,066 515 1,108 696 
			   Carcases and half carcases 2,285 1,496 2,012 1,233 337 227 
			  Other (not elsewhere stated) Meat (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Sheep Bone in 54 42 69 34 562 275 
			   Boneless 36 24 (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Sheep and goat Edible offal 3 8 65 107 57 76 
			  
			 Botswana Beef Boneless 15,422 4,848 11,351 3,461 8,317 2,380 
			   Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef 506 285 376 201 538 235 
			  
			 Brazil Beef Boneless 60,783 34,588 59,134 32,120 68,290 28,340 
			   Carcases and half carcases 22 23 32 23 (1)— (1)— 
			   Edible offal 324 331 323 339 163 163 
			   Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef 72,984 58,677 73,581 53,237 77,097 50,305 
			   Other cuts with bone in (1)— (1)— 93 33 16 12 
			  Chicken Bone in 7 12 
			   Boneless 46,060 34,891 59,759 48,194 24,158 16,846 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 9,445 6,148 14,087 10,224 13,540 9,324 
			   Whole 2,674 4,674 1,902 2,822 1,677 2,711 
			  Homogenised preparations Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Lamb Boneless (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Carcases and half carcases 30 17 14 17 (1)— (1)— 
			  Other (not elsewhere stated) Edible offal (1)— (1)—  (1)— 29 24 
			   Meat (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 6,957 5,672 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Poultry Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 2 1 
			  Sheep Bone in (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Sheep and goat Edible offal 73 63 (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Turkey Bone in (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 29 19 
			   Boneless 452 324 220 144 161 117 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 5,451 4,233 1,063 863 138 96 
			  
			 China Beef Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Chicken Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— 160 109 30 19 
			  Lamb Boneless (1)— (1)— 20 4 30 13 
			  Poultry Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— 62 18 54 22 
			  Sheep Bone in (1)— (1)— 73 20 (1)— (1)— 
			  
			 Egypt Sheep and goat Edible offal (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 6 6 
			  
			 Israel Chicken Bone in 45 17 22 9 25 7 
			   Boneless (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Edible offal 1 0 (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 69 20 53 15 35 8 
			  Other (not elsewhere stated) Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 2 1 
			  Poultry Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 59 7 42 3 93 6 
			  Sausages and similar products Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 23 7 11 3 (1)— (1)— 
			  Turkey Bone in (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Boneless 180 97 (1)— (1)— 21 9 
			   Edible offal 1 1 (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 584 278 107 32 48 16 
			   Whole 1 1 (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  
			 South Africa Beef Boneless (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef 519 388 399 254 197 118 
			  Chicken Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 42 19 
			  Duck, goose and guinea fowl Bone in (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Game (not elsewhere stated) Meat and edible meat offal 95 31 69 16 58 15 
			  Game or rabbit Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Other (not elsewhere stated) Meat and edible meat offal 62 15 (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Poultry Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 7 4 (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Sheep Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  
			 Turkey Beef Boneless (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 4 1 
			   Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef 155 160 (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Chicken Boneless 38 13 (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Pig Meat (1)— (1)— 9 6 (1)— (1)— 
			  Sausages and similar products Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  
			 Vietnam Chicken Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 30 20 
			  Frogs' legs Meat and edible meat offal (1)— (1)— 23 9 10 4 
			  Poultry Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 9 2 (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Reptiles Meat and edible meat offal (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
		
	
	
		
			 2007  2008 
			  Country  Type  Cut  £000  Tonnes  £000  Tonnes 
			 Argentina Beef Boneless 13,755 3,481 14,055 3,051 
			   Edible offal 82 58 175 74 
			   Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef 10,391 6,987 13,764 6,731 
			   Other cuts with bone in (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Chicken Bone in (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Boneless 1,644 994 3,113 1,603 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 370 201 576 210 
			   Whole 1,557 2,168 1,813 1,929 
			  Goat Carcases and half carcases 26 19 (1)— (1)— 
			  Lamb Boneless 602 356 1,155 503 
			   Carcases and half carcases 256 191 468 286 
			  Other (not elsewhere stated) Meat 34 24 43 20 
			  Sheep Bone in 539 294 345 147 
			   Boneless 81 48 (1)— (1)— 
			  Sheep and goat Edible offal 90 68 8 6 
			
			 Botswana Beef Boneless 13,158 3,897 10,539 3,247 
			   Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef 739 273 (1)— (1)— 
			
			 Brazil Beef Boneless 61,333 25,679 14,798 5,422 
			   Carcases and half carcases (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Edible offal 56 68 35 15 
			   Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef 80,813 58,458 64,272 35,306 
			   Other cuts with bone in 99 12 105 48 
			  Chicken Bone in (1)— (1)— 78 92 
			   Boneless 11,432 7,456 10,189 5,926 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 22,260 14,795 42,320 21,772 
			   Whole 3,217 4,347 4,626 4,450 
			  Homogenised preparations Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— 28 9 
			  Lamb Boneless 30 12 51 18 
			   Carcases and half carcases (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Other (not elsewhere stated) Edible offal (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Meat 26,745 17,829 34,455 20,693 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 13 8 (1)— (1)— 
			  Poultry Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— 14 6 
			  Sheep Bone in 20 12 52 25 
			  Sheep and goat Edible offal (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Turkey Bone in (1)— (1)— 349 126 
			   Boneless 937 440 2,356 1,056 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 305 162 252 92 
			
			 China Beef Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef 142 99 (1)— (1)— 
			  Chicken Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 93 45 198 71 
			  Lamb Boneless 43 18 34 19 
			  Poultry Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Sheep Bone in (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			
			 Egypt Sheep and goat Edible offal 46 44 25 20 
			
			 Israel Chicken Bone in 66 23 13 4 
			   Boneless (1)— (1)— 12 4 
			   Edible offal (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 55 23 (1)— (1)— 
			  Other (not elsewhere stated) Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— 5 1 
			  Poultry Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 108 8 (1)— (1)— 
			  Sausages and similar products Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Turkey Bone in 205 81 72 26 
			   Boneless 45 18 441 151 
			   Edible offal 3 6 3 4 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 524 257 68 22 
			   Whole 4 2 (1)— (1)— 
			
			 South Africa Beef Boneless (1)— (1)— 1 0 
			   Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef 51 34 (1)— (1)— 
			  Chicken Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Duck, goose and guinea fowl Bone in 5 1 (1)— (1)— 
			  Game (not elsewhere stated) Meat and edible meat offal 179 63 (1)— (1)— 
			  Game or rabbit Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 20 1 (1)— (1)— 
			  Other (not elsewhere stated) Meat and edible meat offal 9 2 (1)— (1)— 
			   Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 5 0 (1)— (1)— 
			  Poultry Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Sheep Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 526 157 532 146 
			
			 Turkey Beef Boneless (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			   Meat and offal (other than liver) inc. corned beef (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Chicken Boneless (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Pig Meat (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Sausages and similar products Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood 1 0 (1)— (1)— 
			
			 Vietnam Chicken Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Frogs' legs Meat and edible meat offal (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Poultry Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			  Reptiles Meat and edible meat offal 1 1 (1)— (1)— 
			  Notes: '0' = quantity less than half the unit shown (1)— = nil values  Source:  HM Revenue and Customs Data prepared by Trade Statistics, Economics and Statistics Programme, DEFRA © Crown Copyright 
		
	
	It should be noted that imports of certain meats from many of these countries are not permitted. The following provides details of these import restrictions:
	
		
			  Country  Import restrictions 
			 Brazil Bone in beef meat (inc carcases and half carcases) 
			 Brazil Sheep meat, inc lamb and goat meat 
			 Argentina Sheep and goat meat/lamb (only from May 2002) 
			 Israel Beef 
			 China Sheep meat inc lamb 
			 Turkey Beef, pig meat, sheep meat 
			 Russia Pig meat 
			 Turkey All poultry meat 
			 Vietnam All poultry meat 
			 Egypt All poultry meat 
			 China All poultry meat was prohibited from China in 2004 
		
	
	Where imports are not permitted we believe that any imports recorded in the Overseas Trade Statistics represent consignments which have been exported from GB, rejected and returned or goods where the incorrect customs code have been entered.
	There was no recorded trade in meat and meat products during this period for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Russia or West Bank/Gaza Strip. West Bank/Gaza Strip is the recognised designation for the Palestinian region used by HMRC.

Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the average cost to each farm of implementation of the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008.

Huw Irranca-Davies: An estimate of the average cost to each farm of implementing the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 has not been made.
	The estimated annual cost to the agricultural sector of implementing the regulations is in the range £48,500,000 to £68,600,000. The UK's successful negotiation of a derogation from the livestock manure N farm limit, one of the more demanding requirements set by the nitrates directive, means these costs could be reduced by £16,900,000 to £21,700,000 per annum.

Nitrate Vulnerable Zones

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what grants his Department makes available for the construction of slurry storage in nitrate vulnerable zones.

Huw Irranca-Davies: We are not intending to provide a capital grant scheme for the construction of slurry stores. Past experience has shown that this may simply increase supply prices and merely postpone the impact of market forces.
	Slurry storage facilities are eligible for plant and machinery allowances such as the annual investment allowance, capped at £50,000 per year. Slurry pits also qualify for allowances in their own right under the Capital Allowances Act 2001.

Poaching

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the maximum penalty for an offence of poaching is; and what statutes govern the offence of poaching.

Huw Irranca-Davies: Some statutes specifically refer to the offence of poaching; others make it an offence to illegally take or kill wildlife in certain circumstances.
	The main statutes governing poaching are: the Game Act 1931 (maximum penalty £5,000); the Poaching Prevention Act 1862 (maximum penalty £1,000); and the Night Poaching Acts 1828 and 1844 (maximum penalty £2,500 and/or six months imprisonment).
	Statutes carrying a penalty for the illegal taking or killing of certain wildlife species are: the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (maximum penalty £5,000 and or/six months imprisonment); the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (the maximum penalty is an unlimited fine and/or up to two years imprisonment); and the Deer Act 1991 (maximum penalty of £2,500 and/or three months imprisonment).

Poultry: Feathers

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what quantity of poultry feathers were imported from each East Asian country in each of the last five years.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The following table provides details of the imports of bird feathers from East Asian countries as recorded, in the Official Overseas Trade Statistics, for the period 2004 to 2008.
	
		
			  UK imports of bird feathers from East Asian countries for 2004 to 2008 
			   Tonnes 
			  Description  Country  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 Bird Feathers Bangladesh — — — — 1 
			  China 1,867 1,268 1,389 1,965 1,775 
			  Hong Kong 21 1 78 15 1 
			  India 1 0 0 0 0 
			  Pakistan 13 — — — — 
			  Singapore 0 — — — — 
			  Taiwan 817 992 1,163 1,247 1,189 
			  Vietnam 52 — — — — 
			 Bird Feathers Total 2,771 2,262 2,630 3,228 2,966 
			  Notation: 0 = quantity less than half the unit shown. — = nil values.  Source:  HM Revenue and Customs Data prepared by Trade Statistics, Economics and Statistics Programme, DEFRA.

Banks: Government Assistance

Michael Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost to the public purse has been of the Government's financial holdings in  (a) Northern Rock,  (b) Bradford and Bingley,  (c) RBS,  (d) Lloyds Banking Group,  (e) HBOS,  (f) Barclays and  (g) HSBC to date; and what estimate he has made of such costs in the next 12 months.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave him on 9 September 2009,  Official Report, column 1924W, for details of the Government's financial support, including the Government's equity investments, provided to Northern Rock, Bradford and Bingley, Royal Bank of Scotland and the Lloyds Banking Group. As at 31 March 2009 the Government had no equity investments in Barclays or HSBC. Budget 2009 reported that the Government provisionally estimates that the net losses arising from all financial stability interventions may lie within a potential range from £20 billion to £50 billion (1½ to 3½ per cent. of GDP).

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Daniel Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  how much compensation was paid to  (a) soldiers wounded in Afghanistan and  (b) dependent relatives of soldiers killed or seriously wounded in Afghanistan under the War Pension Scheme in financial year 2008-09;
	(2)  how much compensation was paid under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme to dependent relatives of personnel killed in Afghanistan as  (a) guaranteed income payments and  (b) other payments in financial year 2008-09;
	(3)  how much compensation was paid to soldiers wounded in Afghanistan under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme as  (a) lump sum payments and  (b) guaranteed income payments in financial year 2008-09.

Kevan Jones: The accounting records for both the War Pension Scheme and the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme do not capture the geographical or operational details to which the injuries relate. Therefore, it is not possible to provide how much was paid in compensating injured Service Personnel in 2008-09 specifically as a result of a particular conflict. The total expenditure under the War Pension Scheme for Financial Year 2008-09 was approximately £1 billion. The total expenditure, on a cash accounting basis, under the AFCS in Financial Year 2008-09 was £33.4 million. This amount comprises three elements as follows:
	
		
			   £ 
			 Lump sum payments to wounded personnel 30,100,000 
			 Guaranteed income payments to wounded personnel 579,000 
			 Guaranteed income payments to dependents of killed personnel 2,700,000 
		
	
	In addition, on an actuarial basis, the scheme has future liabilities estimated at £352.4 million in respect of service related injuries already sustained but unclaimed at 31 March 2009 and the future value of the Guaranteed Income Payments.

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: Finance

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of his Department's research budget has been allocated to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in each year from 2009-10 to 2012-13.

Quentin Davies: The Department currently plans to place contracts with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to the value of £204 million in 2009-10 out of a total research budget of £471 million. Contracts beyond 2009-10 have not yet been finalised.

Departmental Databases

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what categories of personal information on members of the public will be held on each of his Department's and its agency's databases expected to become operational in the next five years; what estimate he has made of the likely number of individuals' details each such database will hold when fully operational; and if he will make a statement.

Kevan Jones: Ministry of Defence officials are currently collating and validating the data needed to answer these questions. I will write to the hon. Member before the summer recess.
	 Substantive answer from Kevan Jones to Jenny Willott:
	I undertook to write to you in response to your Parliamentary Questions on 14 July, (Official Report , column 270W) and 21 July (Official Report, column 1197W) on existing and planned MOD databases which contain personal information on members of the public.
	The following table provides details of the main MOD databases which hold personal information on members of the public. In some of these databases the majority of information held will relate to members of the Services or MOD civilian personnel however we have included them as there may also be information relating to the public e.g. an unsuccessful applicant for a vacancy.
	
		
			  Name and purpose of database  Categories of personal information held on members of the public  Year in which database became operational(and year from which specific categories of information were collected - if different) 
			 Joint Personnel Administration The following information is held as Emergency Contact information: April 2006 for RAF personnel, November 2006 for Royal Navy personnel, The data was extracted from each service's legacy system which had in turn developed paper files from the 1960s onwards. 
			 Military Personnel HR Title, First name, Middle name, Surname Post-nominal, Email address, Relationship, Relationship start date Whether Emergency Contact, is legal Next of Kin, Whether Primary Contact, Main postal address, Contact telephone, number(s) (home, work, mobile etc)  
			
			 Warrantor 2 Information provided by vetting subjects(1) as part of the Security Questionnaire: 2001 
			 Warrantor is the Defence Vetting Agency's (DVA) vetting database, it is used to process and store the results of security vetting applications received. Name, Address, Date of birth Current occupation, Previous occupations and addresses, Financial information, Details of family members etc - Credit reference check, criminal record check, medical information and Security Service check as required for the level of vetting application  
			
			 Defence Vetting Agency E-form As Warrantor 2 — The database stores Security Questionnaire information electronically for a limited number of Security Check/Counter Terrorist Check National Security Vetting applications 2008 
			
			 Defence Vetting Agency Warrantor 2 Support Services Database Names and addresses of Referees and Subjects 2004 
			 Queries Warrantor to list names and addresses of Referees and Subjects to produce address labels for sending out Vetting Information leaflets and covering letters   
			
			 Defence Vetting Agency Names and dates of birth of vetting subjects 2002 
			 File Tracker   
			 Keeps a record of all paper files held by the DVA   
			
			 Defence Vetting Agency Feedback database Names, addresses, contact details 2006 
			 Holds records of all formal complaints, correspondence and feedback received by the DVA.   
			
			 Defence Vetting Agency VMA database Name, contact details, Doctor's Information, Medical details 2004 
			 Keeps a record of cases that have been referred to the Vetting Medical Adviser and the outcome   
			
			 Defence Vetting Agency EA(D)S Criminal records Bureau databases (3) Information provided by the vetting subject as part of the Application Form: name, date of birth, details of position for which Disclosure is being requested, Address of initiating Unit. Disclosure level, stage dates and invoice details, result indicator and employment decision 2002 
			 Holds details about the progress of disclosure records for CRB applications.   
			
			 DAS LOW FLYING Name, Address, telephone number, mobile number e-mail address 1995 
			 Details of complaints concerning Low Flying activity in the UK   
			
			 LoCMIS- Low flying Complaints Management Information System Name, Address, telephone number, mobile number, e-mail address Database created — 2003 Information stored from 2005 
			 Details of complaints concerning Low Flying activity in the UK   
			
			 RAF Police Taskings and Breach Database Name, Address, telephone number, mobile number, e-mail address 1995 
			
			 Details of complaints that have been referred to the Defence Flying Complaints Investigation Team   
			
			 Unified Force Information (UNIFI)   
			 UNIFI is the MDPGA (MOD Police and Guarding Agency) crime recording and intelligence database. Names, addresses etc and intelligence November 2007 
			
			 MDPGA (Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency) Command and Control Names and addresses of members of public. May 2004 
			 A system to record police incidents and police action   
			
			 MDPGA (Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency) HOLMES 2 (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System) The following information is recorded or. victims of crime and witnesses: First Names, Maiden Name, Alias/Nicknames, Occupation, Employer, Title, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Gender, Ethnicity, Description, Nationality, Height, Source of Information i.e., from statement form November 2000 
			
			 Centurion Names and addresses of complainants and witnesses. January 1991 
			 Centurion processes information relating to the misconduct of police officers and complaints from members of the public   
			
			 E-Visitor Pro X Names, addresses of visitors to (MDPGA) Wethersfield May 2004 
			 Management of administration and production of visitor day passes to Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency site.   
			
			 Computerised Admin Names, addresses etc of potential MDP recruits. April 2006 
			 System for Assessment of Police Recruits (CASA).   
			
			 Access to Information Toolkit (AIT) First and surname, profession, address (email and postal), phone and fax numbers, request details, whether vexatious or not, details of the handling of the request (when received, when sent etc). Copy of correspondence received and sent (therefore could include handwriting, signature). All fields are optional except name (though could be believable pseudonym) and either written or email contact address January 2005 
			 Tracking, logging and storing the final answers for all Freedom of Information requests received centrally by MOD   
			
			 FOI Master Request List Name of requestor, then full then full details of the request status 2005 
			 Annual database of all FOI requests received. Drawn from AIT   
			
			 SMS (Squadron Management System) Addresses, Contact Details, Commendations/Awards, DEA Qualifications, Medical (Information on allergies or conditions that would affect Cadet activities or Camps and is accessible only by the OC Sqn and the staff assigned by the OC as per paper records). Promotions, Posting, Flying Logs, Shooting Logs 2006 
			 Management and administration of Air Cadet Organisation (AGO) Squadrons and cadet activities   
			
			 STS_Bader_BLJ Name, contact Phone and e-mail 2006 
			 Database supporting document collaboration system used to distribute Air Cadet Organisation publications and forms.   
			
			 Westminster Names, Ranks, DOB, Ethnicity Religion, Marital Status, Address, Contact Numbers, Next of Kin, Medical, Doctor, Schools, Dietary, Qualifications, Awards, Driving Licence, CRB, Course/Event Attendance, Remuneration 2007 (All Categories) 
			 (Cadet Force Management for Sea Cadet Corps /Army Cadet Force /Combined Cadet Force)   
			
			 Universe Addresses, Contact Details, Promotions, Postings, Courses, Commendations/Awards, Bank Records, Remuneration Records, Travel Claims, 1986 
			 Air Cadet Organisation Pay and Personnel System   
			
			 PenServer Contact details for nominees of death benefits. Contact and bank account details where widow/children's pensions are in payment due to death in service of member, plus dates of birth where children are under 18 and details for guardians where there are no surviving parents 2000 
			 Details of married members of the PCSPS (Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme)   
			
			 Human Resources Management System (HRMS) Employees: Next of Kin contact details, Emergency contact details 2002 (staged creation of records, process completed by March 2004). 
			  Unsuccessful External Applicants for MOD Although always possible to record details for external applicants, process not widely adopted until mid-2005. 
			  Vacancies: Contact details, National Insurance Number*, Date of Birth*, Ethnic Group*, National Identity*, Disability*, Gender*, Sexual Orientation*, Personal Accomplishments (qualifications, licences, memberships etc) and contact details for referees/former employers (* Where provided)  
			
			 Civilian Harmonised Integrated Pay System (CHIPS) Dates of birth for dependent children in cases where certain allowances have been claimed by staff working overseas. 2007 
			
			 Subject Access Requests and Information Database (SID) Contact details for individuals who have sought information from People, Pay and Pensions Agency under the Freedom of Information Act or Data Protection Act. 2009 
			
			 Central Health Records Library - Cqube Name, Date of Birth 1996 
			 Index of medical records that were microfilmed or scanned   
			
			 NIGEL Limited and authorised contact details as supplied by journalists and charities are retained on NIGEL for use in distributing press releases, identifying contacts for business purposes. 2007 
			 Press database   
			
			 ICARAS Name, Address, DOB, National Insurance number 2005 
			 On-line Recruiting Database   
			
			 TRHJ Name, Address, DOB, National Insurance number, NOK, Bank Details 2007 
			 Recruiting Database operating within MOD network   
			
			 ORMISII Officer Selection Database Name, Address, DOB, National Insurance number 2004 
			
			 TAFMIS-T Training Database Name, Address, DOB, National Insurance number, Course Information 1996 
			 Parliamentary Toolkit: Name Address Summary of the issue 2003 
			 1. For recording and processing correspondence from MPs written on behalf of constituents   
			 2. For recording and processing letters from the public addressed to Ministers.   
			 (1 )Vetting Subjects are those for whom National Security Vetting inquiries have taken place. These are primarily MOD and other public service civilians, members of the armed forces and workers in the Defence industry. Further information is available at www.dva.mod.uk 
		
	
	There are likely to be additional smaller databases which contain personal information on members of the public, for example it is common practice for Military units to maintain lists of appropriate members of their local community to whom they will extend invitations to social and other occasions. Details of these and other equivalent databases are not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
	There are also a small number of databases whose details are being withheld for the purposes of safeguarding national security or whose disclosure would prejudice the prevention or detection of crime.
	All information is collected and retained in accordance with the Data Protection Act. The following table provides details of known future MOD databases, subject to the same exemptions as above, which will hold personal information on members of the public.
	
		
			  Name and purpose of database  Categories of personal information that will be held on members of the public  Year database expected to become operational  Estimated number of records that will be held 
			 Cerberus All information currently held by Warrantor, E-form pilot, feedback database and VMA database. 2010 When the Cerberus database is complete and functional, it will hold approximately two million records. This represents all cases where the Defence Vetting Agency has received applications for National Security Vetting inquiries since its establishment in 2000, as well as historical records transferred from the Service Vetting Units that preceded the DVA. 
			 Will replace Warrantor as the Defence Vetting Agency main database to process and store the results of security vetting applications received
			390,000 records 
			 File Trail Names and dates of birth of vetting subjects 2009-10 Approximately 
			 Replacement for DVA File tracker
		
	
	These new databases becoming operational over the next five years are primarily upgrades and replacements for existing systems and do not substantially change the nature or volume of MOD's data holdings.

Nepal: Helicopters

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the outcomes were of his Department's investigation into alleged corruption linked to the gifting of two M1-17 helicopters from the Conflict Prevention Fund to the Royal Nepal Army in 2002; and if he will make a statement.

Bob Ainsworth: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 September 2009,  Official Report, column 2000W.

Trident: Scotland

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 21 July 2008,  Official Report, column 848W, on Trident: Scotland, 
	(1)  how many of the 589 civilians at HM Naval Base Clyde whose jobs directly rely upon the Trident programme are employed in  (a) engineering and science,  (b) logistics,  (c) security,  (d) health and safety,  (e) outfitting and steel work and  (f) other areas;
	(2)  how many of the 589 civilians at HM Naval Base Clyde whose jobs directly rely upon the Trident programme are resident in  (a) Argyll and Bute constituency,  (b) West Dunbartonshire constituency,  (c) elsewhere in Scotland and  (d) outside Scotland;
	(3)  what the  (a) skills requirements and  (b) geographic distribution of the 250 indirect civilian jobs relating to support activities for the Trident programme in Scotland are.

John Hutton: The information requested is not held by my Department in that format.
	Action is ongoing, however, to update the December 2006 figures as part of a broader package of work. I will write to my hon. Friend when this work is complete.
	 Substantive answer from Bob Ainsworth to Katy Clark :
	In answer to your Written Questions on 9 March, (Official Report, column 178W) the then Secretary of State undertook to write to you on completion of a package of work that was being carried out to update the number of civilian jobs in Scotland that directly rely upon the Trident programme.
	This exercise has now been completed and a breakdown of civilian jobs by skill and home location at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, including Faslane and Coulport, directly reliant upon the Trident programme is provided below.
	
		
			  Skill  Ministry of Defence  Babcock Marine  Total 
			 Engineering and Science 85 197 282 
			 Logistics 22 22 44 
			 Health and Safety 0 1 1 
			 Outfitting and Steel Work 0 0 0 
			 Other areas 40 25 65 
			 Total 147 245 392 
			 
			 Lockheed Martin UK Strategic Systems: breakdown by skill set is unavailable — — 72 
			 Total civilian jobs directly reliant on Trident — — 464 
		
	
	
		
			  Location  Ministry of Defence  Babcock Marine  Total 
			 Argyll and Bute 74 66 140 
			 West Dumbartonshire 48 104 152 
			 Elsewhere in Scotland 25 75 100 
			 Outside Scotland 0 0 0 
			 Total 147 245 392 
			 
			 Lockheed Martin UK Strategic Systems: breakdown in terms of home location is unavailable — — 72 
			 Total civilian jobs directly reliant on Trident — — 464 
			  Notes: 1. Figures shown are as at March 2009 and based on individuals employed. 2. Ministry of Defence Police and Ministry of Defence Guard Service have not been included in this exercise. This information is being withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security and defence. 3. Posts with the Strategic Weapon System heading have been considered Trident-related. 
		
	
	Unfortunately, however, some of the information is not held in the format you requested. The revised figure of 464 civilian jobs that directly rely on the Trident programme in Scotland reflects the position as at March 2009. This excludes any Ministry of Defence Guard Service or Ministry of Defence Police posts because this figure is being withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security and defence.
	It is estimated that there are a further 200 indirect civilian jobs in Scotland relating to support activities on the Trident programme. Officials have confirmed that information relating to indirect civilian jobs was derived using national multipliers as published by the Scottish Executive on 31 March 2009, for the ship building, weapons and ammunition, instruments industries and project management/business service as appropriate. It is, therefore, not possible to break out this information in terms of skills and location.
	I hope this information is useful.

Eco-Towns

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department's Planning Policy Statement on eco-towns has cost to produce.

John Healey: It is not possible to cost the Department's spend on the production of the "Planning Policy Statement: eco-towns" (PPS), as the PPS has been developed as part of the Eco-towns programme and alongside our housing policies.
	The cost of typesetting, printing and publishing the PPS and supporting documents including the SA Addendum, SA Statement, Impact Assessment and summary of consultation responses was £16,300.

English Regions Network

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding his Department is providing to the English Regions Network in 2009-10.

Ian Austin: In the current financial year the Department will provide £60,000 to the English Regions Network.

Housing: Finance

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  how much he expects the Homes and Communities Agency to reclaim from registered social landlords under the Recycled Capital Grant Receipts Programme in each of the next three years;
	(2)  what the total level of  (a) expired and  (b) current Recycled Capital Grant Receipts Programme funding unclaimed by the Homes and Communities Agency was in (i) each of the last 12 quarters and (ii) the latest period for which figures are available;
	(3)  what the monetary value of reclamations made by the Homes and Communities Agency through the Recycled Capital Grant Receipts Programme was in each of the last 12 quarters.

John Healey: The following table shows the amount held in the Recycled Capital Grant Fund at the end of the last three financial years and the total the amount which had been held for over three years. Figures are only available by year.
	
		
			  £ million 
			  As at 31 March:  RCGF closing balance  Of which:  Over three years old 
			 2007 418 0.9 
			 2008 493 0.6 
			 2009(1) 496 1.8 
			 (1) Figures for year ending 31 March 2009 are provisional.  Source: Homes and Communities Agency 
		
	
	Where deposits in the Recycled Capital Grant Fund are older than three years, the Homes and Communities Agency may grant an extension for their use past the three year recovery date.
	The total amounts reclaimed by the Homes and Communities Agency from the Recycled Capital Grant Fund by quarter for the past three years are shown in the following table:
	
		
			   £ 
			 2006-07  
			 Q1 384,500 
			 Q2 1,215,428 
			 Q3 576,292 
			 Q4 730,539 
			   
			 2007-08  
			 Q1 240,116 
			 Q2 729,747 
			 Q3 186,618 
			 Q4 600,000 
			   
			 2008-09  
			 Q1 0 
			 Q2 683,643 
			 Q3 124,916 
			 Q4 0 
			  Source: Homes and Communities Agency 
		
	
	There are no future estimates of amounts that may be reclaimed by the Homes and Communities Agency from the Recycled Capital Grant Fund.

Housing: Finance

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many bids for capital funding were received by the Homes and Communities Agency from  (a) local authorities,  (b) registered social landlords and  (c) private housebuilders in each of the last three years; what the monetary value of bids in each category was; how many housing units this represented; and how many applications (i) were accepted, (ii) were rejected and (iii) are awaiting a decision.

John Healey: The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) was established on 1 December 2008. From that date to the end of the 2008-09 financial year, 5,674 bids for capital funding were recorded as received by the HCA; two from  (a) local authorities, 3,887 from  (b) registered social landlords and 1,805 from  (c) unregistered bodies (including but not exclusively private housebuilders). Bids from  (a) local authorities amounted to £4 million and 85 housing units(1); from  (b) registered social landlords amounted to £3,505.5 million and 49,200 units; and from  (c) unregistered bodies amounted to £652.7 million and 16,400 units.
	As at the end of March 2009, 3,126 bids had been accepted, 503 rejected and 2,065 were pending.
	(1 )"Housing units" will include bedspaces and bedrooms in the case of the Places of Change programme, which funds hostel accommodation.

Non-Domestic Rates

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what conditions small firms will be required to meet in order to be eligible for small business rate relief from April 2010.

Barbara Follett: The Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) scheme will remain the same except that from 1 April 2010 the thresholds will change. An order to bring the changes into effect will be laid before the House in due course.
	Business ratepayers will have to fulfil two criteria to receive SBRR:
	the sole or main property that they are occupying must have a rateable value under £17,999 (£25,499 for those in Greater London); and
	if they occupy any additional properties, each of the additional properties must have a rateable value of no more than £2,599,and the total rateable value of all of the properties must be less than £17,999 (£25,499 in Greater London).
	Eligible ratepayers with a rateable value of £6,000 or below will receive 50 per cent. relief.
	Eligible ratepayers with a rateable value between £6,001 and £12,000 will receive relief on a sliding scale 50 per cent. to 0 per cent., where every £120 rateable value equates to 1 per cent.
	Eligible ratepayers with a rateable value between £12,000 and £17,999 (£25,499 in Greater London) will have their rates liability calculated using the small business non-domestic rating multiplier.
	We are proposing to remove the present requirement that ratepayers must reapply for SBRR at the 2010 revaluation.

Private Rented Housing

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  how much the Homes and Communities Agency has paid to DTZ for advice in relation to the Private Rented Sector Initiative;
	(2)  which organisations have submitted expressions of interest to the Homes and Communities Agency in respect of its Private Rented Sector Initiative;
	(3)  how many expressions of interest the Homes and Communities Agency received in relation to its Private Rented Sector Initiative; and by what date he expects the Agency to have evaluated the submissions.

John Healey: Up to August 2009, the HCA has authorised payment of £163,000 to DTZ for advice and support for the engagement with the numerous private organisations which have expressed interest in the private rental sector initiative. The engagement was carried under the HCA's property panel framework contract which was competitively tendered. A further assignment of up to £70,000 for further consultancy between August and November has also been agreed between HCA and DTZ.
	Our priority has been to encourage new long term institutional and other equity investors into the private rental sector. The HCA has therefore continued to work with several consortiums on the future potential of this sector of the housing market. Two investment interests have declared themselves publicly in the market to date—Aviva Investors with CBRE and Legal and General.
	The HCA received 64 expressions of interest from organisations interested in the private rental sector initiative. They included developers, land and property owners, management companies, housing associations and investors in this country and abroad. The HCA is now focusing on its discussions with a small number of major investment consortia which have since come together to look at the future of this new market opportunity.

Regional Government: Finance

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimates were made of the  (a) cost and  (b) staffing complement of the proposed elected regional assemblies prior to the 2004 regional assembly referendum.

Ian Austin: The White Paper "Your Region, Your Choice: Revitalising the English Regions" published on 22 May 2002 estimated that the cost of each of the proposed elected regional assemblies would be in the order of £25 million a year with a staffing complement of around 200, excluding staff working for the regional development agency.
	A copy of the White Paper can be found at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/archived/generalcontent/citiesandregions/publicationscities/regionalpublications/regionswhitepaper/yourregionyourchoice/

Bilderberg Group

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if the Secretary of State will estimate the cost of the hospitality he received pursuant to his attendance at the Bilderberg Conference in Greece in May 2009, classified by  (a) hotel accommodation,  (b) food and drink,  (c) travel and  (d) other hospitality.

Patrick McFadden: My noble Friend the Secretary of State received accommodation and meals over two nights, the costs of which were estimated against commercial rates for that time of year at the hotel in question, at around £600.

Departmental Travel

Justine Greening: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department and its predecessors spent on  (a) car hire,  (b) train travel,  (c) air travel,  (d) hotels and  (e) restaurant meals for (i) Ministers and (ii) staff of his Department in each of the last five years.

Patrick McFadden: Travel by Ministers and civil servants is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code and the Civil Service Management Code, and all spending on official entertainment is made in accordance with the principles set out in Managing Public Money.
	For the period 2007-08 the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform spent:
	(a) Car hire—£26,333
	(b) Rail—£1,810,648
	(c) Air—£3,218,829
	(d) Hotels—£1,051,965.
	For the period 2008-09 the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform spent:
	(a) Car hire—£33,200
	(b) Rail—£2,091,383
	(c) Air—£3,265,937
	(d) Hotels—£1,769,921.
	Details of restaurant meals are not centrally recorded.
	For the period 2007-08 the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills spent:
	(a) Rail—£1,055,224
	(b) Air—£148,942
	(c) Hotels—£106,608.
	For the period 2008-09 the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills spent:
	 (a) Rail—£1,345,200
	 (b) Air—£135,886
	 (c) Hotels—£256,885.
	Details of car hire are included with figures for the Department of Children, Schools and Families and are not available individually.
	The Department does not centrally record the travel undertaken by Ministers from that of officials; details of the previous years are not centrally recorded and to provide this information would entail disproportionate costs.
	Cabinet Office provides an annual list of overseas travel over £500 undertaken by Ministers. The 2008-09 list was published on 16 July 2009 and can be viewed at:
	http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/propriety and ethics/ministers/travel_gifts.aspx

Employment: Information and Communications Technology

Willie Rennie: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects on the UK skills base of the outsourcing of information technology jobs overseas.

Stephen Timms: The Department has made no recent assessment, but outsourcing is only one of many factors affecting demand for IT professionals within the UK. We also recognise that there are circumstances in which it makes financial and wider business sense for UK companies to outsource an IT service. Globalisation is radically changing the digital skills needed in the UK and around the world, and the challenge for UK IT services providers is to remain competitive by moving up the value chain.
	The IT services sector remains key to the UK's future prosperity—a fact recognised in the Government's "New Industry, New Jobs" and "Digital Britain" strategy documents, with the latter including recommendations for the development of a skilled and confident population, able to access and benefit from digital technology. e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology, is working hard to ensure that the UK has the skills for Britain to succeed in a global digital economy.

Strategic Investment Fund

Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 
	(1)  how many applications have been  (a) received and  (b) granted for funding from the Strategic Investment Fund in each month since April 2009;
	(2)  how many applications have been  (a) received and  (b) granted for the funding from the £50 million portion of the Strategic Investment Fund allocated to support business innovation to date;
	(3)  how many applications have been  (a) received and  (b) granted for the funding from the £250 million portion of the Strategic Investment Fund allocated to support renewable energy projects and low-carbon business opportunities to date;
	(4)  how much and what proportion of funding available from the Strategic Investment Fund has been distributed since April 2009;
	(5)  how much of the portion of the Strategic Investment Fund allocated for business innovation support has been distributed since April 2009;
	(6)  how much of the portion of the Strategic Investment Fund allocated to support renewable energy projects and low-carbon business opportunities has been distributed since April 2009.

Patrick McFadden: holding answer 12 October 2009
	Over £720 million of the £750 million within the Strategic Investment Fund has already been allocated, or is earmarked for specific projects and investments. The SIF is not a fund that is open directly to companies. It is a resource that the Government are using to increase investment through existing measures—like collaborative Research and Development grants, Launch Investment for aerospace and regional Grants for Business Investment—as well as new measures such as the UK Innovation Investment Fund. Our extra support for business is delivered through these measures, not directly from the SIF. Businesses do not therefore make applications for funding from the SIF, nor do they receive funding directly from it.
	We expect to spend about £200 million of the SIF by the end of this current financial year. By way of example of the projects supported, in the area of business innovation, the Technology Strategy Board has used £50 million of additional funding from the SIF to expand the scale of its ambition for a number of activities. For example, funding from the SIF, supplemented by its core funding, has been committed to projects funded under the £25 million Low Carbon Vehicle demonstrator programme. Calls worth £6 million for research have also recently opened in the area of 'Regenerative Medicine', 'High Value Manufacturing' and 'Enabling Technologies for the Internet, Applications and Services' utilising SIF funds.
	The Department has published an update on the Strategic Investment Fund, and copies will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Building Schools for the Future Programme

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much each London borough has received in capital funding under the Building Schools for the Future programme; and if he will make a statement.

Vernon Coaker: The following table shows the total payments of capital grant made to each London borough as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme to the end of financial year 2008-09.
	The figures are on cash paid basis during the year, and form part of much larger allocation figures which extend over a period of years. They do not include academies delivered through the National Framework.
	
		
			  Total capital grant paid to end 2008-09 
			  Local authority  £ million 
			 Greenwich 28.2 
			 Lewisham 9.7 
			 Newham 37.7 
			 Waltham Forest 28.6 
			 Hackney 30.2 
			 Haringey 52.8 
			 Islington 18.8 
			 Lambeth 70.7 
			 Tower Hamlets 13.3 
			 Southwark 33.8 
			 Westminster 50.2 
			 Barking and Dagenham 0.1 
			 Ealing 0.05 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 0.05 
			 Enfield 0.05 
			 Total 374.2

Business: Secondary Education

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's scheme to provide funding to schools at Key Stage 4 for Enterprise Education.

Iain Wright: A survey by the then Qualification and Curriculum Authority in 2007 showed that over 90 per cent. of secondary schools provide enterprise education for all their pupils at Key Stage 4. In 2004, fewer than half did. I am aware that many schools also offer enterprise learning activities to their Key Stage 3 students. Increasing numbers of primary schools are running activities to develop the enterprise capabilities of their pupils. To assist pupils, secondary schools receive £55 million each year for enterprise education at Key Stage 4, as part of their School Development Grant.
	To gain a more detailed and up to date assessment, my Department has commissioned a review of enterprise education which will report in early 2010.

Business: Secondary Education

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what criteria are used for allocating funding to schools at key stage 4 for Enterprise Education; and how much was allocated on average per  (a) school and  (b) pupil in the latest period for which figures are available.

Iain Wright: The £55 million grant for enterprise learning was allocated to schools in 2005-06, 90 per cent. on the basis of the numbers of pupils aged 14-16, and 10 per cent. by the number of those pupils eligible for Free School Meals. This was an average of £17,000 per secondary school.
	Since 2006-2007 the funding has been part of School Development Grant (SDG). If a school received an allocation for Enterprise Learning in 2005-2006, that allocation will have formed part of its guaranteed SDG per pupil funding since 2006. Local authorities remind schools of this when allocating the grant, so that schools are aware the funding for these activities continues to be available. Schools are free to spend their SDG on any purpose to support the raising of standards of teaching and learning, including enterprise learning.

Children in Care: Education

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the stated aim of the Virtual School Head Pilot is; how much funding for the pilot has been  (a) distributed to each local authority and  (b) subsequently spent by each authority in each year since the pilot's inception; and how much will be distributed in the next two years.

Dawn Primarolo: The virtual school head pilots ran for two academic years from September 2007 to August 2009 in 11 local authorities in England. They were designed to test the impact of having a senior local authority officer to champion the needs of all looked after children being educated in the area as if they attended a single school and to emphasise the importance of social workers and schools promoting the educational achievement of this vulnerable group.
	The funding provided for each of the pilot authorities was provided over three financial years and was based on numbers of looked after children in each authority. The allocations are set out in the table.
	
		
			  £ 
			  Local authority  2007-08  2008-09  2009-10 
			 Bournemouth 49,000 57,500 23,000 
			 Cambridgeshire 60,000 70,000 26,000 
			 Dudley 62,000 75,000 27,000 
			 Gateshead 54,000 66,500 24,500 
			 Greenwich 65,000 78,000 27,000 
			 Merton 47,000 55,000 22,000 
			 Norfolk 78,000 94,500 31,000 
			 Salford 67,000 80,500 27,500 
			 Stockport 55,000 67,500 24,500 
			 Walsall 62,000 73,000 26,500 
			 Warwickshire 62,000 74,500 27,000 
		
	
	The Government have provided over £140 million through the Area Based Grant across all local authorities for the current spending review period to implement the proposals set out in Care Matters, including in relation to the development of the virtual school head model. Local authorities in the pilot may also have used some of their additional resources or other local resources to support the development of their Virtual School Head pilot.

Children: Mental Health

Greg Mulholland: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he has taken to increase awareness in schools of mental health problems among children.

Dawn Primarolo: As the key universal service for children, schools play an important role in the promotion of better emotional health and resilience and early intervention where mental health problems may arise. There are a number of programmes in schools that increase awareness of mental health issues for children and young people. These include the Healthy Schools Programme and Targeted Mental Health in Schools.
	The Healthy Schools Programme requires schools to have policies and practices in place to support emotional health and wellbeing, including identifying children at risk of experiencing behavioural, emotional or social difficulties. Currently 99 per cent. of schools in England are working towards or have achieved Healthy School status.
	The Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) programme is developing models of mental health support in schools for those children, young people and their families who need it most.
	The project includes training for school staff to equip them with the knowledge and ability to identify problems early, to work with and support children and young people at risk of experiencing mental health problems and to refer them to appropriate mental health professionals, as necessary. It also provides mental health awareness and promotion for children, young people and families. Funded by £60 million between 2008 and 2011, the programme is currently operating in 80 local authorities. From September 2010 TaMHS will be operating in clusters of schools in all areas.
	There are other school based programmes that also promote better emotional wellbeing. Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) is a comprehensive voluntary programme to develop the social and emotional skills of all pupils, while the new personal wellbeing programme of study within Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education includes a specific focus on issues relating to emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the per pupil funding for  (a) primary and  (b) secondary school children in each London borough was in each of the last five years.

Vernon Coaker: The per pupil revenue funding figures for primary and secondary school pupils for each London local authority in 2004-05 and 2005-06 are as follows. These figures are in real terms:
	
		
			  Real terms revenue funding per pupil—EFS plus grants 
			  £ 
			2004-05  2005-06 
			Primary(aged 3-10)  Secondary (aged 11-15)  Primary (aged 3-10)  Secondary (aged 11-15) 
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 4,480 4,390 4,690 4,580 
			 302 Barnet 4,280 4,190 4,600 4,490 
			 303 Bexley 3,880 3,790 4,070 3,970 
			 304 Brent 4,920 4,840 5,240 5,140 
			 305 Bromley 3,880 3,800 4,120 4,030 
			 202 Camden 5,950 5,900 6,190 6,130 
			 306 Croydon 4,210 4,120 4,430 4,330 
			 307 Ealing 4,720 4,630 5,070 4,960 
			 308 Enfield 4,440 4,360 4,650 4,540 
			 203 Greenwich 5,290 5,190 5,660 5,530 
			 204 Hackney 6,060 6,010 6,460 6,390 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 5,780 5,680 6,030 5,950 
			 309 Haringey 5,170 5,070 5,410 5,320 
			 310 Harrow 4,290 4,190 4,580 4,470 
			 311 Havering 3,840 3,750 4,050 3,950 
			 312 Hillingdon 4,190 4,080 4,470 4,350 
			 313 Hounslow 4,620 4,530 4,930 4,820 
			 206 Islington 5,840 5,760 6,200 6,120 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea 5,990 5,950 6,180 6,120 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames 3,920 3,800 4,220 4,100 
			 208 Lambeth 5,910 5,820 6,200 6,100 
			 209 Lewisham 5,430 5,340 5,800 5,690 
			 315 Merton 4,290 4,190 4,590 4,470 
			 316 Newham 5,100 4,990 5,380 5,270 
			 317 Redbridge 4,140 4,040 4,370 4,260 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 3,890 3,800 4,140 4,030 
			 210 Southwark 5,510 5,430 5,970 5,860 
			 319 Sutton 3,990 3,870 4,180 4,050 
			 211 Tower Hamlets 6,200 6,080 6,650 6,520 
			 320 Waltham Forest 4,730 4,630 4,920 4,830 
			 212 Wandsworth 5,120 5,070 5,490 5,420 
			 213 Westminster 5,650 5,570 5,930 5,820 
			  Notes 1. Price Base: Real terms at 2008-09 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30 June 2009. 2. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of Education Formula Spending (EFS) settlements and include the pensions transfer to EFS. 3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DFES Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to pupils aged 3-15 and exclude Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level. 4. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are those underlying the EFS settlement calculations. 5. Rounding: Figures are rounded to the nearest £10. 
		
	
	The revenue per pupil figures shown in the following table are taken from the new Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). They are not comparable with those for the years 2004-05 to 2005-06 because the introduction of the DSG in 2006-07 fundamentally changed how local authorities are funded.
	The 2004-05 to 2005-06 figures are based on Education Formula Spending (EFS) which formed the education part of the Local Government Finance Settlement, plus various grants. This was an assessment of what local authorities needed to fund education rather than what they spent. The DSG is based largely on an authority's previous spending. In addition, the DSG has a different coverage to EFS. EFS comprised a schools block and an LEA block (to cover LEA central functions) whereas DSG only covers the school block. LEA block items are still funded through DCLG's Local Government Finance Settlement but education items cannot be separately identified. Consequently, there is a break in the Department's time series as the two sets of data are not comparable.
	To provide a comparison for 2006-07 DSG, the Department have isolated the schools block equivalent funding in 2005-06; as described above this does not represent the totality of 'education' funding in that year.
	The per pupil revenue funding figures for years 2005-06 (baseline) to 2008-09 for each London local authority are provided in the following table. As the DSG is a mechanism for distributing funding, a split between primary and secondary schools is not available.
	The following figures are for all funded pupils aged 3-19 and are in real terms:
	
		
			  Real terms revenue funding per pupil—DSG plus grants 
			  £ 
			All pupils aged 3-19 
			2005-06 (Baseline)  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 4,940 4,940 5,230 5,270 
			 302 Barnet 4,790 4,960 5,120 5,200 
			 303 Bexley 4,390 4,490 4,650 4,730 
			 304 Brent 5,190 5,320 5,570 5,700 
			 305 Bromley 4,220 4,330 4,500 4,590 
			 202 Camden 6,550 6,670 6,880 6,910 
			 306 Croydon 4,470 4,640 4,840 4,910 
			 307 Ealing 5,180 5,330 5,520 5,620 
			 308 Enfield 4,750 4,890 5,060 5,100 
			 203 Greenwich 5,640 5,900 6,110 6,260 
			 204 Hackney 6,480 6,890 7,050 7,250 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 6,030 6,310 6,530 6,490 
			 309 Haringey 5,540 5,620 5,830 5,940 
			 310 Harrow 4,570 4,780 4,950 5,170 
			 311 Havering 4,350 4,440 4,590 4,670 
			 312 Hillingdon 4,600 4,770 4,920 4,990 
			 313 Hounslow 4,990 5,160 5,320 5,380 
			 206 Islington 6,110 6,410 6,690 6,660 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea 6,400 6,460 6,590 6,530 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames 4,540 4,650 4,780 4,850 
			 208 Lambeth 6,160 6,370 6,600 6,780 
			 209 Lewisham 5,890 6,110 6,290 6,330 
			 315 Merton 4,530 4,800 4,950 5,010 
			 316 Newham 5,340 5,620 5,850 5,970 
			 317 Redbridge 4,380 4,560 4,750 4,820 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 4,420 4,540 4,670 4,750 
			 210 Southwark 5,970 6,410 6,620 6,650 
			 319 Sutton 4,480 4,570 4,730 4,810 
			 211 Tower Hamlets 6,650 6,990 7,250 7,350 
			 320 Waltham Forest 4,950 5,160 5,320 5,330 
			 212 Wandsworth 5,410 5,630 5,860 5,980 
			 213 Westminster 5,520 6,010 6,290 6,260 
			  Notes: 1. This covers funding through the Dedicated Schools Grant, School Standards Grant, School Standards; Grant (Personalisation) and Standards Fund as well as funding from the Learning and Skills Council; it excludes grants which Ere not allocated at LA level. 2. Price Base: Real terms at 2008-09 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30 June 2009 3. These figures are for all funded pupils aged 3-19 4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10. 5. Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal.

Coal: Industrial Health and Safety

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many crossover claims under the coal health compensation scheme have been made by each of the 50 solicitors' firms which have made the highest number of such claims.

David Kidney: The number of claims under the coal health compensation schemes submitted by the 50 highest claimants' representative that had the crossover issues is shown in the following table as at 4 October 2009.
	
		
			  Claimants' representatives  Location  Claims with crossover issues 
			 Thompsons Solicitors Newcastle Upon Tyne 1,330 
			 Thompsons Solicitors Edinburgh—Scottish claims only 531 
			 Graysons Solicitors Sheffield 531 
			 Raleys Solicitors Barnsley 432 
			 Union of Democratic Mineworkers Mansfield 397 
			 Hugh James Respiratory Disease Dept 324 
			 Watson Burton LLP Newcastle Upon Tyne 290 
			 Hugh James Cardiff 270 
			 Thompsons Solicitors — 213 
			 Browell Smith & Co Newcastle Upon Tyne 209 
			 Towells Solicitors Wakefield 186 
			 Irwin Mitchell Solicitors Sheffield 155 
			 Randell Lloyd Jenkins & Martin Llanelli 148 
			 Atteys Rotherham 130 
			 Corries Solicitors Glasgow—Scottish claims only 123 
			 Beresfords Solicitors Doncaster (UDM only) 113 
			 Shaw & Co Solicitors Doncaster 106 
			 Kidd & Spoor Harper Solicitors Newcastle Upon Tyne 90 
			 Moss Solicitors Moss UDM claims only 86 
			 Hopkins Eden Court, Mansfield 83 
			 Beresfords Solicitors Doncaster 78 
			 Thompson & Co Solicitors Sunderland 74 
			 O H Parsons & Partners Solicitors London 58 
			 Oxley & Coward Solicitors Rotherham 57 
			 Ashton Morton Slack LLP AMS UDM claims only 55 
			 Furley Page Canterbury 54 
			 Latham & Co Solicitors Leicester 54 
			 Latham & Co Solicitors Leicester 47 
			 Keeble Hawson Doncaster 42 
			 Kingslegal Cardiff 40 
			 Moss Solicitors Loughborough 40 
			 Gorman Hamilton Solicitors Newcastle Upon Tyne 39 
			 T S Edwards & Son Solicitors Ystrad Mynach 37 
			 BHP LAW Belmont 31 
			 Keeble Hawson Moorhouse Sheffield 30 
			 Mortons Solicitors Sunderland 29 
			 Gabb & Co Powys 28 
			 Morisons Solicitors Edinburgh—Scottish claims only 28 
			 Shaw & Co Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 27 
			 Marrons Solicitors Newcastle Upon Tyne 25 
			 Saffmans Solicitors Leeds 25 
			 TLW Solicitors North Shields 24 
			 Meloy Whittle Robinson Preston 23 
			 Corries York York 18 
			 McLeish Carswell Glasgow—Scottish claims only 18 
			 Browell Smith & Co Newcastle—SPSSG 15 
			 Hopkins  14 
			 Mincoffs Solicitors Newcastle Upon Tyne 13 
			 Endlars Solicitors 86A Bury Old Road 13 
			 Hindle Campbell Solicitors North Shields 13 
			 Total  6,796

Departmental Cars

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on hire vehicles in each of the last five financial years.

Joan Ruddock: The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) came into existence on 3 October 2008. The Department has since spent as follows:
	
		
			  Financial year  £ 
			 2008-09 11,370 
			 2009-10 75,311